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Brothers In Arms: Forces and Foundation will benefit as Salford band set poignant poem to music
A local Salford band have put their pens down and picked up their instruments in a bid to let ‘a voice of war’ take the stage. The band in question –...
100 years ago: A Salford soldier’s death foretold
Our final look at stories from the pages of the Salford City Reporter of August 1916 tells of the sad fate of Herbert Fletcher, 33, a soldier serving in the 7th...
Charlie Cannon and Jimmy Whiz-Bang: Eccles soldier’s Manchester United banter in the trenches
SalfordOnline.com came across this amusing story from the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from October 1915 which tells the story of an Eccles soldier who gave the Germans...
100 years ago in Salford: Swinton soldier’s heartbreaking letters on football and life in the trenches
One young Swinton soldier’s letters made the papers 100 years ago, including an extraordinary account of a football match in a battle zone. Young soldiers who...
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